Category Archives: UNITED STATES

[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] Renters get more ways to pay as well as having their payment history reported to a major credit bureau, primarily for credit building purposes. RadPad announced that MasterCard cardholders can now enjoy the convenience of paying rent with their MasterCard-branded credit or debit cards, MasterPass digital wallet or via iPhone and…

[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] Early Warning has completed its acquisition of clearXchange, the largest financial institution-led digital payments network in the U.S. The blending of Early Warning’s fraud prevention services, authentication capabilities, and bank network with the scope of clearXchange’s digital payments solution will create the largest, most secure real-time payments ecosystem in the U.S.…

[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] Credit card fee income rose 4.4% year-on-year (YOY) in 2015, topping $94 billion. Fees in every component increased with the exception of penalty fee income with decreased slightly. R.K. Hammer estimates that the card business saw a fee income increase of $4 billion in 2015 compared to 2014. New regulations and…

[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] Barclaycard US has named a new CEO. Curt Hess has been covering the role on an interim basis since May last year. Hess has been with Barclays for eight years, most recently holding the position of Chief Financial Officer for Personal and Corporate Banking in London. He has also served as…

[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] Seattle-based independent digital remittance company, Remitly, reports it is on track to transfer $1 billion annually based on the rate of transfers in December. This represents an increase of more than 400% from January 2015. Remitly offers money transfers from the United States to the Philippines, India and Mexico, which alone…

[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] Starbucks, Walgreens, NFL Shop, HSN and Match are among the new merchants taking advantage of Visa Checkout’s ability to deliver seamless digital payments. Walmart.com will also begin supporting Visa Checkout this year. More than 10 million consumer accounts and 600 financial institutions in 16 countries have signed up to use Visa…

[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] Atlanta-based Quatrro Processing and Emailage have formed a partnership to empower both parties in leveraging their combined service offerings to provide end-to-end fraud and chargeback solutions that are tailored for merchants of all sizes. Emailage has access to more than 5 billion emails around the world with global coverage for fraud…

[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] The Federal Trade Commission and the State of Florida have charged CardReady, a payment processing business with credit card laundering and illegally assisting and facilitating a nationwide debt relief telemarketing scheme that allegedly bilked millions of dollars from consumers. When scammers cannot gain or maintain access to the credit card networks…

[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”0″ ihc_mb_template=”1″] The Financial Obligations Ratio (FOR) for 3Q/15 has declined to 15.31%, the lowest measurement since 1981 and the Debt Service Ratio (DSR) plunged to 10.03%, the second lowest ever recorded in 35 years. According to the Federal Reserve the FOR declined to 15.31% in 3Q/15, compared to 15.33% in 2Q/15 and…